AQR - Vol. 17, No. 3 & 4, Alaska Native Writers, Storytellers & Orators: The Expanded Edition

About the Cover

“Shaman Flying” is a late prehistoric Inupiaq Eskimo artifact from Point Hope, Alaska. It is made of whale vertebra and the eyes are of walrus ivory. Although many shaman flew, only the greatest flew to the moon where they communed with the spirits.

©1986 Sam Kimura Courtesy of the Anchorage Museum of History and Art.

Table of Contents

Editor’s Note, Ronald Spatz

Introduction

Literary Gambling Sticks, Gerald Vizenor
I·ya·qdalahgayu·,dati’q’lagada’a·linu· —Lament for Eyak (with facing translation in Eyak), Anna Nelson Harry
Lake-Dwarves, Anna Nelson Harry
Giant Rat, Anna Nelson Harry
AKul K’aluudaay — Moldy Collar Tip (with facing translation in Haida), Victor Haldane
Fish Story: Karta Bay, Victor Haldane
Shag and the Raven, Victor Haldane
Story of the Double Fin Killer Whale, Victor Haldane
Beaver and Ground Hog Were Pals, Jessie Neal Natkong
Haida Hunters and Legend of the Two Fin Killer Whale, George Hamilton
Yéil ka Láx’ Kéet Yaanaayí x’ eidax sh kalnéek Keixwnéich kawshixít — Raven, Seagull and Crane (with facing translation in Tlingit), Willie Marks
Speech for the Removal of Grief, David Kadashan
Speech for the Removal of Grief, Jessie Dalton
Speech for the Removal of Grief, Austin Hammond
Nda ckshun Tckaimson dis Laggabula — When Tckaimson and Laggabula Gambled (with facing translation in Tsimshian), William Beynon
Tsetsaut History: The Forgotten Tribe of Southeast Alaska, Reginald Dangel
Sagim Tayaguu Uluuqidax — The Man of Sagix Dried Meat (with facing translation in Unangan/Aleut), Isidor Solovyov
Atkan Historical Traditions, Cedor L. Snigaroff
Pugla’ allria (with facing transaltion in Alutiiq/Sugcestum), Ignatius Kosbru
Ivan Durak Steals a Ring, Dick Kamluck, Sr
A Bear Story, Walter Meganack, Sr.
Qulireq — Tale (with facing translation in Yup’ik), Leo Mose
The Crow and the Mink, Mary Worm,
The First Whales, Kirt Bell
Ivaghulluk Ilagaata — Prayer Song Asking for a Whale (with facing translation in St. Lawrence Island Yupik), Lincoln Blassi
Kivalliñigmi Pilguruaq Agnaq —The Kivalina War Heroine (with facing translation in Iñupiaq), Clinton Swan
Shamanic Flight, Frank Ellanna
The Boy Who Found the Lost, Laura Norton
K’eta Sukdu —The Mouse Story (with facing translation in Dena’ina Athabaskan), Peter Kalifornsky
The Gambling Story, Peter Kalifornsky
Raven and the Half-Human, Peter Kalifornsky
The Boy Who Talked to the Dog, Peter Kalifornsky
About Shamans and the Men with Gashaq, Peter Kalifornsky
The Old Dena’ina Beliefs, Peter Kalifornsky
The Susitna Story, Shem Pete
Raven and the Mallard Girl, John Fredson
Wolverine and the Wolves, John Fredson
Ggaadookk, Sally Pilot
Saginaw Bay: I Keep Going Back, Robert H. Davis
Egg Boat, Nora Marks Dauenhauer
Grandmother Eliza, Nora Marks Dauenhauer
Museum, Nora Marks Dauenhauer
After Ice Fog, Nora Marks Dauenhauer
Why Subsistence is a Matter of Cultural Survival: A Yup’ik Point of View, John Active
Asraaq, The Girl Who Became a She-Bear When the Owl Disappeared, Sister Goodwin
Sacrifice: A Dream/ A Vision, Sister Goodwin
Nomadic Iñupiat for Kappaisruk, Sister Goodwin
Piksinñaq, Sister Goodwin
Shagoon 1,2,3,4, Andrew Hope III
Diyeikee, Andrew Hope III
Native Identity: What Kind of Native Are You?, Eleanor Hadden
Night Without Dawn, Glen Simpson
Tahltan Country, Glen Simpson
Traveling in the Land of the Native Art Historians, Glen Simpson
Front Street, Glen Simpson
Seed Potatoes and Foxgloves, Julie Coburn
Raven Speaks to Haidas, Julie Coburn
There is no Such Thing as an Aleut, Barbara Svarný Carlson
O Dark Sister, Mary TallMountain
Seahorse Music, Mary TallMountain
Nuliajuk, A Sequence, Mary TallMountain
Super Cockroach Tale, Tim Afcan, Sr
Salmon in the Pond, Randall Johnson
Magic Maker, Buell Anakak
What Hope Can Do, Mary Jane Nielsen
Candle Lite, June McGlashan
It is Very Quiet, June McGlashan
Mood Music, Jeane Breinig
A House I Remember, George Westdah
Gaslight, Fred Bigjim
Ballet in Bethel, Fred Bigjim
Untitled, Andrew Evan
Cannery Children, Mary Jane Peterson
Willow Was Her Name, Dixie Alexander
The Anti-Depression Uliimaaq, Susie Silook
Uncle Good Intentions, Susie Silook
Adventure in Chinatown 1958, Susie Silook
Wolves, Anna Smith
WatsÍx Shaayí Mountains, Anna Smith
Naatasse Héen, Anna Smith
River Woman (from Spirit of Woman), Diane Lxéis’ Benson
What She Wanted, Diane Lxéis’ Benson
Now They WannaBE Us, Diane Lxéis’ Benson
Translation Issues, Marie Meade
Considerations about the Oral Tradition and Writing, William Schneider
Oral and Written Narrative, Patricia H. Partnow
Political Perspective and Literary Framework for the Text Commentaries, Jeane Breinig
Cultural and Historical Text Commentaries, Jeane Breinig and Patricia H. Partnow
Commentary on Eyak texts, Jeane Breinig and Patricia H. Partnow
Commentary on Haida texts, Jeane Breinig and Patricia H. Partnow
Commentary on Tlingit texts, Jeane Breinig and Patricia H. Partnow
Commentary on Tsimshian/Tsetsaut texts, Jeane Breinig and Patricia H. Partnow
Commentary on Unangan/Unangas/Aleut texts, Jeane Breinig and Patricia H. Partnow
Commentary on Alutiiq/Sugcestum texts, Jeane Breinig and Patricia H. Partnow
Commentary on Central Yup’ik texts, Jeane Breinig and Patricia H. Partnow
Commentary on St. Lawrence Island Yupik texts, Jeane Breinig and Patricia H. Partnow
Commentary on Iñupiaq texts, Jeane Breinig and Patricia H. Partnow
Commentary on Athabskan texts, Jeane Breinig and Patricia H. Partnow
A Talk with Peter Kalifornsky: the Stories Are for Us to Learn Something From, Katherine McNamara